Khabib Threatens To Quit UFC

The statement was in defence of his teammates that were involved in the melee that broke out after his victory over Conor McGregor at UFC 229 last Saturday.

In an Instagram post, the undefeated fighter offered a defense for his teammate Zubaira Tukhugov’s post-fight actions after president Dana White stated that Tukhugov would never again fight for the promotion.

Nurmagomedov sparked the post-match scuffle after defeating McGregor when he jumped out of the octagon and went after McGregor’s teammate Dillon Danis. Video footage, that was not a part of the broadcast, appears to show McGregor punching a member of Nurmagomedov’s team during the incident. That is when two more teammates of Nurmagomedov’s team attacked the Irishman in the Octagon, one of whom is believed to be Tukhugov.Tukhugov was scheduled to fight Artem Lobov at UFC Fight Night 138 on October 27. Incidentally, Lobov is a teammate of McGregor’s which could have also weighed in on the decision to cancel the fight.

As of this writing, the UFC has yet to officially announce discipline for anybody that was involved in the fracas.